Magnus Carlsen won the FTX Crypto Cup in Miami after losing in tiebreaks against Praggnanandhaa in the final-round tournament-deciding match. Pragg stood two points behind the world champion before the round, so his victory was not enough to claim first place (he gained 2 points to Carlsen’s 1). The youngster nonetheless finished in second place, […]
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Pushing the g-pawn early in the game has become so common that when GM Jon Speelman watches Shakhriyar Mamedyarov play, he feels tempted to bet with himself when ‘the bayonet’ will be deployed. This week’s thematic column features a couple of classics (by Paul Keres and Alexei Shirov), an example from Mamedyarov’s practice and a […]
A field with well-established GMs and young stars is fighting it off in Miami at the FTX Crypto Cup. Our in-house expert Karsten Müller is following the games looking to find the most intriguing and instructive ending positions. Do not miss his on-point analyses! | Pictured: Anish Giri | Photo: Amruta Mokal
Magnus Carlsen has a 2-point lead on Praggnanandhaa going into Sunday’s final round. The young Indian star will get a chance to win the whole thing if he beats the world champion in the rapid section of their direct encounter — winning in tiebreaks will not cut it for Pragg. In round 6, Carlsen beat […]
World Chess, a chess gaming company, has announced the inaugural edition of Armageddon Championship Series, a brand-new format of chess tournaments where the world’s top grandmasters compete under immense time pressure in blitz and Armageddon time controls. Prize fund: 460,000 EUR – anyone can participate. The format has been developed for television and will be […]
Eduardo Iturrizaga and Marta García won the 2022 Spanish Championships. The event was a 9-round Swiss open played on August 11-19 at the RL Aníbal Hotel in Linares, Andalusia. Iturrizaga, who transferred to Spain only last year, won his second consecutive title, while Garcia, 22, achieved her first triumph in the women’s championship. | Photos: […]
With two rounds to go, Magnus Carlsen is in the sole lead at the FTX Crypto Cup in Miami. Carlsen lost his match against Jan-Krzysztof Duda in blitz tiebreaks —gaining 1 point in the standings— while former co-leader Praggnanandhaa was defeated by Le Quang Liem in the rapid section of their match. What had become […]
A field with well-established GMs and young stars is fighting it off in Miami at the FTX Crypto Cup. Our in-house expert Karsten Müller is following the games looking to find the most intriguing and instructive ending positions. Do not miss his on-point analyses! | Pictured: Praggnanandhaa in 2018 | Photo: Amruta Mokal
High-stakes 1v1 competition is pretty rare in the chess world. But just before the Olympiad in Chennai top Dutch grandmaster Anish Giri faced off against India’s Number Three Vidit Gujrathi in the first ChessBase India Original Death Match: Blindfold, Blitz and Bullet. You can follow all the action in a six-hour Death Match video – […]
The junior players impressed at the Chess Olympiad in Chennai. 13 of the world’s top 20 juniors played on their countries’ national teams. And ten of these 13 juniors improved their ratings significantly. But a few “oldies” also had remarkable results.